Andrewsemys Pérez-García 2019 (sideneck turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae

Full reference: A. Pérez-García. 2019. New information and establishment of a new genus for the Egyptian Paleogene turtle ‘Stereogenys’ libyca (Podocnemididae, Erymnochelyinae). Historical Biology 31(3):383-392

Parent taxon: Erymnochelyinae according to A. Pérez-García 2019

Sister taxa: Caninemys, Eocenochelus, Erymnochelyini, Neochelys, Ragechelus, Stupendemys

Subtaxa: Andrewsemys libyca

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Type: Stereogenys libyca

Ecology: aquatic herbivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Egypt (1 collection)

• Eocene to Oligocene of Egypt (1)

• Eocene of Egypt (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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